Entreprenetics: A Simple Thought Experiment (The Meaning of Working and Thinking)

A friend of mine, Urvi Bhandari, interrupted my deep thoughts with her text. She was wondering what I was doing. I told her I was working. That’s no surprise to you, if you know me. But I wasn’t really working. I was doing something more important. I was thinking. I shifted my thinking to the topic of work. What is work anyway?

Workers might think returning emails, making phone calls, or having meetings is work. It is one type of work. Is this the most productive type of work? When people say,...